{"id":6610,"date":"2011-05-18T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T09:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=6610"},"modified":"2011-05-18T05:00:48","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T09:00:48","slug":"downtrodden-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/18\/downtrodden-men\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtrodden Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Love for the downtrodden hero<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em><strong>by Kat Latham<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A couple of months ago, I wrote about how I don\u2019t always connect with kickass heroines. The women I empathize with the most in novels are inevitably ones more like me\u2014people whose main fights have been to overcome internal barriers, like fear and low confidence after spending too much time around mean jackasses, to accomplish the things they want in life.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for me, romance is full of these women and I get to watch them blossom into confident, fulfilled people by the end of a novel. But what if the genders were reversed? How many romance heroes can you name who\u2019ve been so badly beaten down by life and past relationships that they struggle with the confidence they need to achieve their dreams? Or worse, they barely allow themselves to dream anymore?<\/p>\n<p>I was surprised to find such a hero in one of this year\u2019s RITA-nominated contemporary single title novels.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6613\" title=\"onefinecowboy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/onefinecowboy.jpg?resize=200%2C329\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"329\" \/>Nate Shawcross, the hero of <em><strong>Joanne Kennedy\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>One Fine Cowboy<\/strong><\/span>, is one of the few heroes I can remember in a contemporary romance who is the victim of an abusive romantic relationship. Sandi, his long-term girlfriend and the mother of his child, is emotionally manipulative and heaps so much pain on Nate that it\u2019s no wonder he\u2019s got the self-confidence of a roly-poly.<\/p>\n<p>Nate owns a horse ranch in Wyoming, and he\u2019s completely taken by surprise when people start showing up expecting him to teach them techniques for dealing with problem horses. He has a bit of a reputation as a horse whisperer, but his ranch is on the brink of foreclosure and it\u2019s falling down around his ears. He soon discovers Sandi\u2014who left him\u2014sent out a bunch of brochures advertizing training sessions and comfortable accommodation on the ranch. She took people\u2019s money and told them to show up at the ranch without telling Nate anything about her scheme.<\/p>\n<p>One of the \u201ctrainees\u201d is graduate student Charlie Banks, who quickly realizes what trouble Nate\u2019s in and helps him out.<\/p>\n<p>But Sandi comes back and starts re-exerting control over Nate, who doesn\u2019t seem capable of fending off her manipulative, hateful acts. Only Charlie is able to stand up for him, like she does in this scene when Sandi returns.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em> Setting her fists on her hips, she glared at Charlie. \u201cWhat are you doing with my husband?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cYour husband?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> Sandi rolled her eyes in the universal high school language for <\/em>I can\u2019t believe how clueless you are<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cNate,\u201d she said. \u201cYou know, the dumbass cowboy you\u2019ve been fooling around with.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> Charlie spun around, her hands on her hips. \u201cNate\u2019s not a dumbass, and I don\u2019t fool around. And he\u2019s not your husband, either.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cYes he is,\u201d Sandi said. \u201cI\u2019ve put up with him for seven years. That makes us married. Common-law husband and wife.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> Charlie felt a stab of sympathy for Nate. What kind of miserable, empty relationship did the two of them have?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cI thought you left,\u201d she said. \u201cI thought you guys broke up.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cHe might have thought so, but he was wrong,\u201d Sandi said. \u201cI\u2019m not done with him yet.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She\u2019s a chilling woman, but unfortunately not unrealistic. Nate is up against several huge battles to save his livelihood, his home and his daughter. Falling in love with a new woman opens new troubles for him, particularly as he questions his ability to win any of the battles he\u2019s fighting.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie, the heroine, is the person who breathes fresh life into him. She inspires him to fight when he\u2019s ready to give up, and she vanquishes Sandi\u2019s hold over him.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, Nate reminded me of heroines common in the genre during the early 90s\u2014a victim of life and unable to fight his own battles. A person who needs someone strong and commanding to help sort out his messy life.<\/p>\n<p>And, just like with my favorite heroines, he develops into a stronger, more confident person by the end of the novel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you read many novels with heroes like Nate, who are victims of emotionally abusive partners or who have lost confidence through being beaten down by life? How did you feel about them? Comment and enter to win an advance copy of <em>Susan Sey&#8217;s<\/em> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">MONEY SHOT<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6615\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/june2011_susan-sey-money-shot.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6615\" title=\"moneyshot\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/moneyshot.jpg?resize=210%2C340\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for book details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Kat Latham<\/strong> has been reading romance for a couple of decades. With degrees in English lit and human rights, she loves stories that reflect the depth, humor and emotion of real life. When she\u2019s not writing contemporary romance novels, she can usually be found blogging or tweeting overly personal information. She loves meeting other readers and writers online, so <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/katrinalatham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow her on Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/readericreatedhim.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out her blog<\/a> and say hello!<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-6610\" data-postid=\"6610\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-6610 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love for the downtrodden hero by Kat Latham A couple of months ago, I wrote about how I don\u2019t always connect with kickass heroines. 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